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<p>It&rsquo;s the end of an era, y&rsquo;all. Microsoft may be getting rid of Microsoft Paint in the Windows 10 update. And people are feeling some way about it.</p><p>Microsoft announced the discontinuation of Paint on its website, noting it among a list of features that will be &quot;removed and deprecated&quot; when the Windows 10 update is released in the fall.</p><p>Paint is marked as deprecated, so it will be in the fall update but won&rsquo;t be updated...and could be phased out.</p><p>Microsoft Paint has been around since Windows 1.0, 32 years ago! Paint 3D will continue to be part of Windows 10&#39;s update.</p><p>And the world reacts:</p><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Children of the future will never know the joy of spending hours doing this on Microsoft Paint <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MSpaint?src=hash">#MSpaint</a> <a href="https://t.co/IY6kDxPdc4">pic.twitter.com/IY6kDxPdc4</a></p> &mdash; Fiona (@McDoFi) <a href="https://twitter.com/McDoFi/status/889453382540328961">July 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Of all the things that might have survived the Trump Era, I figured Microsoft Paint would have definitely been one.</p> &mdash; Paul Fairie (@paulisci) <a href="https://twitter.com/paulisci/status/889565105788145664">July 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">*in a dark alley, 2024* &quot;you got what I need?&quot; Yeah, yeah... *slips you a bootleg thumbdrive of Microsoft Paint*</p> &mdash; Crendor (@crendor) <a href="https://twitter.com/crendor/status/889597042997198848">July 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Windows getting rid of Microsoft Paint is a sign of the end times</p> &mdash; Cece (@carowindz) <a href="https://twitter.com/carowindz/status/889650648580591616">July 25, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Feel sorry for future generations. Microsoft paint was my childhood. RIP</p> &mdash; LaurenMarieFj (@LaurenMarieFj) <a href="https://twitter.com/LaurenMarieFj/status/889646202626723842">July 25, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Microsoft Paint Discontinued in Windows 10 Update? Internet Reacts

It&rsquo;s the end of an era, y&rsquo;all. Microsoft may be getting rid of Microsoft Paint in the Windows 10 update. And people are feeling some way about it.Microsoft announced the discontinuation of Paint on its website, noting it among a list of features that will be &quot;removed and deprecated&quot; when the Windows 10 update is released in the fall.Paint is marked as deprecated, so it will be in the fall update but won&rsquo;t be updated...and could be phased out.Microsoft Paint has been around since Windows 1.0, 32 years ago! Paint 3D will continue to be part of Windows 10&#39;s update.And the world reacts:  Children of the future will never know the joy of spending hours doing this on Microsoft Paint #MSpaint pic.twitter.com/IY6kDxPdc4 &mdash; Fiona (@McDoFi) July 24, 2017   Of all the things that might have survived the Trump Era, I figured Microsoft Paint would have definitely been one. &mdash; Paul Fairie (@paulisci) July 24, 2017   *in a dark alley, 2024* &quot;you got what I need?&quot; Yeah, yeah... *slips you a bootleg thumbdrive of Microsoft Paint* &mdash; Crendor (@crendor) July 24, 2017   Windows getting rid of Microsoft Paint is a sign of the end times &mdash; Cece (@carowindz) July 25, 2017   Feel sorry for future generations. Microsoft paint was my childhood. RIP &mdash; LaurenMarieFj (@LaurenMarieFj) July 25, 2017 

Will Microsoft Paint be killed off? The Windows 10 update could mean the end for the 32 year old graphics editing softward.